§ 32:1270.32 — Definitions

Louisiana § 32:1270.32

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 32: Levees

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§1270.32. Definitions
The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this Part, shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
(1) "Collateral costs" means sales tax, license fees, registration fees, and any similar
government charges.
(2) "Commission" means the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission.
(3) "Consumer" means:
(a) The purchaser, other than for purposes of a resale, of a new recreational vehicle
normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and subject to a manufacturer's
express warranty.
(b) A person, other than for purposes of a resale, to whom a recreational vehicle is
transferred during the term of an express warranty applicable to the recreational vehicle.
(c) Any other person entitled to enforce the recreational vehicle warranty.
(4) "Dealer" means a person who holds a license from the commission authorized
by the manufacturer to service the items in a recreational vehicle warranted by the
manufacturer, who is actively engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging new
recreational vehicles at retail, and who has an established place of business.
(5) "Manufacturer" means any person, firm, association, corporation, or trust,
resident or nonresident, who manufactures or assembles recreational vehicles or the chassis
for recreational vehicles.
(6) "Manufacturer's express warranty" and "warranty" mean the written warranty
issued by the manufacturer.
(7) "Nonconformity" means any specific or generic defect or condition which
substantially impairs the use, market value, or both of a new recreational vehicle.
(8) "Out of service" means the days a recreational vehicle is not able to be used but
does not include routine maintenance days.
(9) "Recreational vehicle" means a motorized or towable vehicle, sold in this state,
that provides temporary living quarters for travel, recreation, and camping. For purposes of
this Part, a "recreational vehicle" includes a motor home, a travel trailer, a fifth-wheel travel
trailer, a folding camper trailer, a slide-in truck camper, and a park model trailer.

Legislative History

Acts 2021, No. 220, §1.